Shelagh Paterson is the Executive Director of the Ontario Library Association. She writes the Bird’s Eye column for Open Shelf offering her perspective on…

Paulette Rothbauer is an Associate Professor, Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS), Western University. She is the editor of the Research for Practice…

Catherine Coles is the Manager of Library Services/County Librarian for the County of Lennox & Addington. She can be reached at ccoles [at] lennox-addington.on.ca.

Recently retired after 35 years as a professional librarian, Rudi Denham is a freelance writer with multiple articles published in professional journals such as…

Ruth Collings  is a librarian in Toronto interested in privacy, accessibility, and technology in patron-focused libraries.  She can be reached via contact [at] ruthcollings.ca or at…

Jairo Buitrago Ciro is a student on uOttawa’s Master of Information Studies program.

Professor Guodong Zheng is a Lecturer at School of Political Science and Public Administration, Shandong University.

Amanda Etches is the Associate Chief Librarian at the University of Guelph Library. You can find more of her writings and doodles at e.tches.ca. She…

Jennifer Leveridge is the Community Services Librarian at the Newmarket Public Library where she is responsible for the York Info Community Information & Volunteer…